How does this work? Someone mentioned in the Scotland thread that finishing runners up in our group gives us a shot at being second seeds for the next qualifiers....sadly these are based on rankings not where you finished last so I had a look on the FIFA website to see where we currently are....25th in Europe, we need to be in the top 20 to be in pot two.
Wiki has a formula for calculating points but it doesn't stack up against the movement in points I saw on the FIFA site after our last round of games. From looking at the change in points in the FIFA table I would guess we would need to actually qualify for Qatar to stand a chance of overtaking the teams above us to get in that second pot for the Euro's.
Any experts on FIFA rankings out there?
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Thread: FIFA world rankings
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10-10-2021 05:06 PM #1
FIFA world rankings
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10-10-2021 05:40 PM #2
Last time we got the second seed for qualifying we managed to **** up spectacularly, so UEFA are probably just being cautious.
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10-10-2021 06:26 PM #3
I think the seeding for qualifiers for the next euros is based on how well we do in the next nations league.
If we'd managed to win one of those last two games to top the last nations league group I think we'd have been guaranteed 2nd seed.
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10-10-2021 06:37 PM #4
Not 100% sure but I read it as we’d be seeded for the actual play-off itself.
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10-10-2021 07:03 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Scotland are currently the 4th best seeded but there’s still 3 games to go
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11-10-2021 06:11 AM #6
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Seedings are based on the nations league, not world rankings.
World rankings matter for very little now
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11-10-2021 06:58 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Scotland's currently in 4th place.
The Nations League provides the other two play off teams and those two sides are determined by the Nations League rankings.
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11-10-2021 07:26 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-10-2021 07:27 AM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I should have read the thread more, still sleepy.
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11-10-2021 07:43 AM #10
If we win our nations group we'll be second seeds. It also looks like the playoffs are going to be group-specific again (?) so winning the group wouldn't hurt in that respect either.
Last edited by Diclonius; 11-10-2021 at 07:47 AM.
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11-10-2021 09:10 AM #12
The FIFA world rankings are a strange one. Belgium have been ranked top on and off for the past decade, and won nothing.
We’re ranked 45th, 23 places behind Iran who are ranked 22nd, 13 behind Australia who are 32nd, and 2 behind Qatar. I’d be fuming if we got beat by any of those sides, so it’s strange that so much weighting is put behind the rankings - I’d be interested to see their methodology.
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11-10-2021 09:42 AM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-10-2021 10:07 AM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
We should, in theory be well ahead of them in most department. John McGinn/McTominay/Gilmour should dominate Irvine/Rogic/Hrustic.
We’ve got a better defence, and hate to say it, better no.1 keeper. The only departments I’m sure they’re better than us in is wingers/attackers in Martin Boyle.
Losing against them would be a terrible result.
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11-10-2021 05:37 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-10-2021 05:49 PM #16
Just found this, a calculator where someone else does the work for you :-)
https://football-ranking.com/calcula...211116_SCO_DEN
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11-10-2021 05:51 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They might not have megastars but they are pretty efficient side. Probably around the same level as Scotland.
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11-10-2021 06:31 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-10-2021 09:07 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
World cup qualifying group seeds are determined purely by FIFA world rankings, or at least they were for the current group, maybe it will have changed in 4 years time.
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11-10-2021 10:18 PM #20
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